to flow away
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3.2
- phrasal verb
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fluir
- The ford itself looked to be no more than three feet deep, though much deeper water approached and flowed away from the spot.
- water flowed away
- flowed away like a stream
When they melt, they'll flow away and it'll leave you with perfectly clear channels.
- When they melt, they'll flow away and it'll leave you with perfectly clear channels.
Examples
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The water rose into the air and then began to flow away, pouring off a massive shape that still lay concealed by the foaming brine.
Fiction book (1992) -
After the heavy storm, the rivers finally started to flow away from the flooded areas.
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So this corona mass ejection flows away from the sun and it travels.
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When they melt, they'll flow away and it'll leave you with perfectly clear channels.
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After a heavy rain, excess water in the crop's root zone enters the pipe through the perforations and flows away from the field to a ditch, stream, or other outlet.
Academic text (2002) -
From there, the water flowed away through the paddock in a wide stream, eventually forming the border between the Tiernan land and Merimbula, the huge cattle station to the south.
Fiction book (1994) -
As the rain continued, the excess water began to flow away down the street toward the drainage system.
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When the ice melts, the resulting water will flow away and create a stream in the valley.
Synonyms
259
1.6
To move smoothly and continuously, like people or traffic
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1.0
To let liquid flow away from something
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1.3
Water or other liquid flows out of a container by accident
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3.6
Move out of a place suddenly in large numbers or fall out of a container and spread
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2.9
Move out of a building in large numbers
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2.9
Move or pour out in a steady stream, often a liquid
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3.7
To leave a place quickly in large numbers
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2.9
Flow away from a surface into drains or rivers
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3.3
To move along with a strong flow of water
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5.6
To move back slowly, like water leaving a shore
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2.6
Move with a river's current toward a lower place
To move away from a surface in a steady stream, like water does
To flow out in large amounts, like tears or blood
Move back, like a tide, or become less strong over time
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'flow' (to move in a stream) with 'away' (movement to another location), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer that something moves or is carried away. This is a common verb+particle compositional pattern in English (and cross-linguistically), with no idiomatic shift, making the expression predictable from its parts.
Etymology
Flow away comes from the simple image of water moving out of a place. The word flow shows a steady movement like a stream and away shows leaving, so flow away means 'to move or be carried away'.